致我母亲的死亡6.0

Whenthefilmbegins, itisallover.“Weknowit’sterminal, andthat’sall”, saysJulianeofhermotherKerstin, whoisingreatpainandabouttodieagedjust64.Althoughtheyoungdoctorsheconsultsacknowledgesonapersonallevelthateveryonehastherighttomanagetheirowndeath, henonethelessremindsherthateuthanasiaisstillillegalinGermany.ThisisevenmorethecaseattheCatholichospicewhereKerstinisstaying.Asrelativescometosaygoodbyetohermotherandtheemotionsofmemoriesminglewiththeanticipationofgrief, Julianefindsherselfhavingtodobattlewithtime–unbending, apatheticandmonochrome–andthisissuperblyreflectedintheconvulsionsofthehandheldcamerainwideshots.Basedonpersonalexperience, JessicaKrummacher’ssecondfeaturefilmvividlyrelatesthepainfulstoryoflosingaparent.Thereisnoviolenceormorbidity, ratherthedirectordescribesthemostimportantofeventsviathesmallest, mostfragileofdetails–theexchangingofwords, textsandtendergesturesthatremainwithusandgetunderourskin.